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Monster-truck Drivers * Argentine - Andean Women Use Gentle Touch to Conquer Mining Trucks
The macho world of South America's gold, silver and copper mines is under invasion by women Buenos Aires,CF,Argentine -Bloomberg, by Matthew Craze -Nov. 8, 2007: -- ... The women come from remote communities in the Andes Mountains to work as monster-truck drivers. The jobs offer more income than they can earn in their villages and help mining companies preserve vehicles that cost about $3 million each...
"The men didn't think we were going to last out here,'' said Patricia Guajardo, 31, who drives a huge dump truck at Barrick Gold Corp.'s Veladero gold mine in Argentina. "The winters can be very harsh, but I love it"...
Only a handful of women work on Guajardo's team of 95, each earning 3,000 pesos ($947) a month, more than three times the average wage in the province... At the remote Pirquitas silver mine in the northwest corner of Argentina, Vancouver-based Silver Standard Resources Inc. recruits female drivers from local Kolla Indian communities... Nancy Mamani, 22, was one of a dozen Kolla women hired after undergoing training on a truck simulator at Finning's offices in Santiago,Chile... (Photos by Diego Levy/Bloomberg News, on Oct. 16, 2007 - Above: Patricia Guajardo stands near the mining truck she drives at Barrick Gold Corp.'s - Medium: Patricia Guajardo walks near the mining truck she drives at Barrick Gold Corp.'s Veladero - Below: Mining trucks weaves through Barrick Gold Corp.'s Veladero mine in the San Juan province of Argentina)Labels: womens in trucking
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